damir karlovic

WORK EXPERIENCE

Specialist in abdominal surgery

University hospital Rijeka, Department of abdominal surgery

Center for education in advanced colorectal laparoscopy - member

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Graduated from Faculty of medicine: Faculty of medicine in Rijeka [ 07/2009 ]

Certificate of professional qualification, Ministry of Health, Republic of Croatia [ 10/2010 ]

Postgraduate (doctoral) study programme Biomedicine [10/2015 – Current]

Postgraduate specialist study - Abdominal surgeryFaculty of medicine in Rijeka [09/2017 – 03/2018]

PUBLICATIONS (most important)

-Karlović D, Kršul D, Bačić Đ, Zelić M. Video-assisted anal fistula treatment in combination with

ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract in the treatment of complex transsphincteric

fistulas - a video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Sep;22(9):1204-1205. doi: 10.1111/codi.15050. Epub 2020 Apr 6. PMID: 32198908. [2020]  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32198908/

https://youtu.be/gUqhMoPDN2c

-Zelić M, Karlović D, Kršul D, Bačić Đ, Warusavitarne J. Video-Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment for Treatment of Complex Cryptoglandular Anal Fistulas with 2 Years Follow-Up Period: Our Experience. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2020 Dec;30(12):1329-1333. doi: 10.1089/lap.

2020.0231. Epub 2020 May 15. PMID: 32412822. [2020] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32412822/

-Karlović, Damir et al. "Anal Fistula: Contemporary View of Complex Problem" In Benign Anorectal Disorders - An Update, edited by Alberto Vannelli, Daniela Lazar. London: IntechOpen, 2022. 10.5772/intechopen.102752

-Kršul Dorian, Karlović Damir et al. "Sphincter Preserving Techniques in Anal Fistula Treatment" In Current Topics in Colorectal Surgery, edited by Associate Camilleri-Brennan. London: IntechOpen, 2021. 10.5772/intechopen.99547

MEMBERSHIPS (curent)

Croatian Medical Chamber

Croatian Medical Association

Croatian Association of Digestive Surgery

ESCP member (European society of coloproctology)

ESPEN member (The European society for clinical nutrition and metabolism)

Registered reviewer at American Journal of Case Reports (AJCR) [02/2020–Current]